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NEW BEDFORD — Amid a lack of state regulations, city councilors plan to vote Sept. 24 on an ordinance restricting the city’s use of automatic license plate readers, better known as Flock cameras.
In two meetings this week, some councilors said they felt urgency to act during the city’s temporary suspension of Flock and before its contract expiration in November. <...
Next Step Healthcare, a for-profit nursing home chain that prosecutors have accused of deliberate understaffing, could soon sell 11 of its 14 Massachusetts nursing homes.
The potential buyer: a for-profit nursing home chain that prosecutors have accused of deliberate understaffing.
Sweetwater Care, based in California, is asking Massachusetts health regul...
While Flock cameras are losing favor throughout Massachusetts, there’s growing interest among public officials in placing guardrails on the technology that has been at the center of nationwide debates over law enforcement, crime solving and personal privacy.
Over the last 18 months, 25 municipalities in Massachusetts have canceled contracts with Flock Safety — the...
A recount in the close race for the Democratic nomination in the Bristol 9th state House district affirmed that Edward Pacheco is still the victor.
Pacheco hung onto his slim 14-vote lead against Stephen Medeiros after the clerk’s offices in Dartmouth and New Bedford reported the recount results to the Secretary of State’s Office on Wednesday afternoon and Thursda...
BOSTON — Gov. Maura Healey signed an executive order Tuesday subjecting proposed data center projects to local approval before developers can move on to state permitting, representing her administration’s latest crackdown on the facilities after halting tax breaks earlier this summer.
As the artificial intelligence boom marches on, any proposed data centers in Mass...